Bridgewater man gets three years for kiddie porn

BOSTON – A Bridgewater man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison for possessing more than 2,000 images and videos of child pornography.

Kevin J. Balzarini, 38, was also sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to five years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston. He pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography last December.

A law enforcement officer, acting in an undercover capacity, signed onto a peer-to-peer network and observed that Balzarini was offering files indicative of child pornography to share with network users.

The officer requested and received an image containing child pornography.

Authorities later obtained a search warrant for Balzarini’s home, where they seized more than 2,000 images and videos of child pornography, according to the press release.

At the time, Balzarini admitted to agents that he had been looking at child pornography for a number of years and said his interest was in children 13 years old and younger. Printed images of child pornography were recovered from Balzarini’s bedroom, as well as a container of girls’ underwear that Balzarini admitted he took from homes when he made deliveries as part of his job, the release said.